Bedspring construction



Sept. 27, 1938.

Filed July 6, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTO 501002021 Jfaaiwnfl BY ATTORNEYS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Solomon Radazw Sept. 27, 1938. s. RADUNS BEDSPRING CONSTRUCTION Filed July e, 19:56

Patented Sept. 21, 1938 a 2,131,071

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEDSPRING CONSTRUCTION Solomon Raduns, Brooklyn, N. Y. npplication july 6, 1936, Serial No. 88,921

4 Claims. (01. -267) The present invention relates to resilient greater clarity in the representation of the spring constructions and particularly relates to platforms; bed spring constructions. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view upon the line In springs utilized for double beds, where the 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

5 weights of the persons reclining or resting upon Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively fragmentary 5 the bed are disproportionate, there is a tendency views of a portion of the platform structures of for the spring construction of the bed to be more two alternative, embodiments, Figs. 3- and 4 collapsed toward one side than toward the other. merely being diagrammatic plans of the ends of This often tends to cause rolling of the person on such alternative bed spring constructions.

the more elevated portion of the bed spring to- Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the base of the 10 ward the more depressed portion with resulting spring construction may have the usual longidiscomfort. tudinal frame members II and transverse frame It is among the objects of the present invention structural members II. The upper structure A to provide an improved, stabilized bed spring of the spring to which the present invention is construction in which the spring will tend to stamost particularly directed is supported from the 15 bilize itself and will not tend to roll persons at lower structure 13 by conventional coil springs l8. rest from one side of the bed to another, even The upper structure A is provided with a pethough persons of substantially different weights ripheral frame M to which the outer peripheral recline on opposite sides thereof. row of coil springs I3 are connected by attach- Another object of the invention is to provide an ments l5. Within the frame I are the two plat- 0 improved bed spring construction which will more forms C which are formed of the longitudinal readily adjust itself to utilization in double beds strips l6 and the lateral strips II. These strips to permit more restful sleep even though the permay be riveted, welded or slidingly' connected tosons in the bed are of substantially diiierent gather at 18.

weights. The two platforms C are suspended from the 25 Other objects will be obvious or will appear coil springs l3 by the diagonally extending longiduring the course of the following specification. tudinal springs is, which are connected to the According to one preferred embodiment of the upper rungs 20 of the coil springs l3 as best v present invention, the upper frame of the bed is shown in Fig. 1 and to the eyelets 2| in the provided with two resiliently suspended and supstrips ll, 30 D t P s- These platforms consist of The lateral strips H are also connected to each either diagonally laterally d g tudlna other across the interspace between the two platarraneed s p w s r sp s, whi h are supforms by the longitudinal springs 23 which are ported from the lower portion or base of the connected between eyes in the adjacent ends of spring construction by vertical coil spring eleaid lateral strips l1, 35 ments and which are suspended from the periph- It will be noted that the spacing between the y 0f t e bedand connected to each other by platforms CC and between each of the platlongitudinally 0r laterally din COiIS- The forms and the periphery of the upper structure A platforms in themselves are so arranged that they may be tmn greater than the maximum 40 will be adapted to be depressed more orlessindediameter of the coil springs |3, which permits 40 pendently of each other depending upon the the platforms to partake of substantially differweight of the person reclining thereon, and a depression in one platform does not result in a mum movements m cooperating or adjusting substantial depression of the other platform themselves to the weight of persons resting thereon. 5 221:1; ttgxoepersons are reclining m the bed at the If desired. in each m atform construction In the drawings which Show several specific only the outside or intermediate longitudinal and embodiments of the present invention by way of Outside lateral elements and need be illustration, but to the details of which the pres- Ployedwith the lfemainmg Portions of the ent invention is by no means restricted, since emls and lllngltudinals being replaced by many changes and alterations are possible: wires, transverse springs or constructions such as Fig. 1 is a top plan view of one form of double shown in Patents 9 L and platform of the present invention, with only part The construction Shown FigS- 1 d 2 S of the detailed spring structure being shown and relatively simple and does not involve any sub-' 5 with the remainder being omitted to permit stantially. greater expense than the construction of other types of bed springs devoid of the double platform construction herein shown.

In the alternative embodiments shown in Figs. 3 and 4, corresponding operating parts are designated by the same numerals primed and provided with a superior 2, respectively with the exception of the numerals i8 and it, which indicate the side elements of the inner platforms.

In both Figs. 3 and 4 the platform structures 0' and C are provided with main outside lateral members l1 and I1 and main outside longitudinal members I! and I8". If desired the remainder of the platform might be composed as indicated in said patents 1,941,882 or in 1,964,296, or by lateral or diagonal or other combinations of wires, struts, longitudinal springs, and so forth.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, however, each platform has a peripheral frame l1 and i8 and I1 and I 8 Within each frame, there is a lattice structure including the diagonal cross braces or strips 36 and 31 in Fig. 3, and the longitudinal and lateral cross braces or strips 30 and 39 in Fig. 4. These cross braces or strips may extend diametrically across the coil spring elements l3'l3". These coil spring elements are connected to each other by the longitudinal coils l9'i9.

If desired, in' the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the peripheral or frame portions of the platforms ll'i8 and i'P-IO may be omitted and the platforms composed entirely of diagonal strips 36 and 31 in Fig. 3 or lateral and longitudinal intersecting strips or lattices 38 and 39 as shown in Fig. 4.

'It is thus apparent that the applicant has shown a double platform construction in which both platforms are resiliently supported from the base of the spring and resiliently suspended from each other and from the frame, so that they may support substantially different weights of persons reclining thereon varying from 90 to 200 pounds or more without a tendency of one platform being depressed to substantially incline and cause rolling of the person on the other platform.

The bed springs including this double platform construction are much more conducive to comfortable rest and substantially no more expensive in construction than springs of other designs.

The invention is not intended to be restricted to any particular construction or arrangement of parts nor to any particular application of any such construction, norto any specific method of operation or manner of use, or to any of the various details thereof, herein shown and described as the same may be modified in various particulars or be applied in many varied relationships without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention, the practical embodiments herein illustrated and described merely showing some of the various features entering into the application of the invention.

I claim:

1. A bed spring construction comprising two spaced superimposed peripheral rectangular shaped outside frames, a plurality of uniformly spaced relatively large coil springs, the axes of which are perpendicular to the planes of said frames, said springs being arranged between said frames and the outermost of said springs being arranged around and connected to said frames and being arranged side by side over the entire area enclosed by said outside frames, two smaller rectangular inside frames arranged side by side within and in the plane of the uppermost of said outside frames and being spaced from each other and from the outside frame by about the diameter of said coil springs, said inside frames being supported entirely on and being attached to said coil springs and a plurality of elongated relatively small coil springs lying in the plane of said uppermost outside frame and in the plane of said inside frames extending transversely to said relatively large coil spring and being connected to and in turn connecting together said uppermost outside frame, said inside frames and the uppermost convolutions of said large springs for mutual support.

2. A bed spring construction comprising two spaced superimposed peripheral rectangular shaped outside frames, a plurality of uniformly spaced relatively large coil springs, the axes of which are perpendicular to the planes of said frames, said springs being arranged between said frames and the outermost of said springs being arranged around and connected to said frames and being arranged side by side over the entire area enclosed by said outside frames, two smaller rectangular inside frames arranged side by side within and in the plane of the uppermost of said outside frames and being spaced from each other and from the outside frame by about the diameter of said coil springs, said inside frames being supported entirely on and being attached to said coil springs and a plurality of elongated relatively small coil springs lying in the plane of said uppermost outside frame and in the plane of said inside frames extending transversely to said relatively large coil spring and being connected to and in turn connecting together said uppermost outside frame, said inside frames and the uppermost convolutions of said large springs for mutual support, said inside frames consisting of a crossing lattice work of metallic strips extending over said large coil springs in the areas covered by the said frames.

3. A bed spring construction comprising two spaced superimposed peripheral rectangular shaped outside frames, a plurality of uniformly spaced relatively large coil springs, the axes of which are perpendicular to the planes of said frames, said springs being arranged between said frames and the outermost of said springs being arranged around and connected to said frames and being arranged side by side over the entire area enclosed by said outside frames, two smaller rectangular inside frames arranged side by side within and in the plane of the uppermost of said outside frames and being spaced from each other and from the outside frame by about the diameter of said coil springs, said inside frames being supported entirely on and being attached to said coil springs and a plurality of elongated relatively small coil springs lying in the plane of said uppermost outside frame and in the plane of said inside frames extending transversely to said relatively large coil spring and being connected to and in turn connecting together said uppermost outside frame, said inside frames and the uppermost convolutions of said large springs for mutual support, said inside frames each consisting of a plurality of metallic strips rigidly connected to one another to form a lattice work, and the openings of said lattice work being positioned to enclose the spaces between the large springs and to include the small springs.

4. A bed spring construction comprising two spaced superimposed peripheral rectangular shaped outside frames, a plurality of uniformly spaced relatively large coil springs, the axes of which are perpendicular to the planes of said frames, said springs being arranged between said frames and the outermost of said springs being arranged around and connected to said frames and being arranged side by side over the entire area enclosed by said outside frames, two smaller rectangular inside frames arranged side by side within and in the plane of the uppermost of said outside frames and being spaced from each other and from the outside frame by about the diameter of said coil springs, said inside frames being supported entirely on and being attached to said coil springs and a plurality of elongated relatively small coil springs lying in the plane of said uppermost outside frame and in the plane of said inside frames extending transversely to said relatively large coil spring and being connected to and in turn connecting together said uppermost outside frame, said inside frames and the uppermost convolutions of said large springs for mutual support, said inside frames each consisting of a plurality of diagonal crossing of the metallic strips rigidly connected together at their crossing points, said crossing points being positioned in the axes of said large springs.

SOLOMON RADUNS. 

